MARGAO, FEB 14
The sarpanchas of the village panchayats of Loutolim and Seraulim in Salcete were on Monday voted out of office in no confidence motions.
While the motion againsat Seraulim Sarpanch Leapoldina Fernandes was carried by 4-3 votes, Loutolim Sarpanch Jose Caetano Fernandes was ousted from office by 6-0 votes after the Sarpanch and three members abstained.
“The Seraulim Sarpanch Leapoldina Fernandes was voted out of office by 4-3 votes, While the Loutolim sarpanch Jose Caetano Fernandes was ousted by 6-0 votes”, informed Salcete BDO Uday Prabhudesai.
The no trust motion against the Seraulim sapranch was moved by the four-member group, comprising of deputy Sarpanch Policarpo D’Cruz, Seema Shanke, Agnelo Joaquim Da Silva and Francisco Rebello.
The signatories had charged the Sarpanch for failing to take the members into confidence, besides failing to undertake development and to stop illegal constructions. The motion is likely to come up for voting later this month. The allegations were firmly denied by the ousted Sarpanch during discussions on the no trust motion.
In respect of Loutolim village Panchayat, the no confidence motion was tabled against the Sarpanch by Sergio Diago Fernandes, Pascoal D’Costa, Sukanya Naik, Mario Fernandes and Catarina Jaime Fernandes.
They had blamed the Sarpanch for the lack of development in the village since April 9, 2009 and for not taking the members into confidence.
